Newsroom

Breaking news and updates on human rights in the U.S. and around the world

If you are a member of the press, please email [email protected].

A uniformed soldier stands behind a heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a truck, overseeing a busy city street beneath a large billboard showing Iranian military figures capturing western fighter jets with a net.

Press Release

Iran: Mass Arbitrary Arrests and Political Executions Mark Intensifying Repression

Iranian authorities are using the cover of what they call “wartime conditions” to intensify their repression of dissent.

May 28, 2026

A blue robotic arm pulls strings on workers at cubicles staring at computer screens.
(Kassy Cho)

Press Release

Global: Enormous Data Pipelines Powering Major Generative AI Systems are Rooted in Mass Invasions of Privacy by Design

Companies are extracting vast troves of online data through unlawful web scraping to build their generative artificial intelligence (AI) products.

May 27, 2026

Large gray warships at sea under a blue sky streaked with white clouds.
(Sgt Nathan Mitchell/U.S. Marine Corps)

Press Release

USA: Death Toll in Campaign of Extrajudicial Killings at Sea Nears 200

The U.S. Congress and the international community must take immediate action to stop the U.S. military’s campaign of extrajudicial killings…

May 27, 2026

back of woman's body in a forest of tea plants
(Selvaraja Rajasegar)

Press Release

Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil Workers in Private Tea Estates Suffer Serious Labor Abuses - New Report

Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings in Sri Lanka face abuses indicative of forced labor.

May 27, 2026

Mahmoud Khalil smiling in front of a city sunset skyline
(Courtesy of Mahmoud Khalil's family)

Press Release

Mahmoud Khalil Should Be Free: Freedom of Expression and Assembly are Human Rights

The Trump administration should end this political charade by dropping the immigration case against Mahmoud entirely

May 22, 2026

An illustration showing a giant screen with zeros and ones pouring into one end while coins fall out the other.
(The Privacy Collective)

Press Release

Amnesty International Supports Lawsuit against U.S. Tech Company AppLovin over Illegal Tracking Software

The case focuses on the alleged unlawful collection and trading of personal data of millions of Dutch people via tracking…

May 21, 2026

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Press Release

Global: New UN Climate Accountability Resolution an Important Step in Advancing Climate Justice

This resolution brings renewed momentum towards ensuring accountability for climate-driven human rights harms and protecting present and future generations.

May 20, 2026

(Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Press Release

Amnesty International Urges Congress: Not Another Dollar to ICE or Border Patrol

Expanding ICE and CBP funding while reports of brutality and lawlessness are ongoing sends a dangerous message that lawmakers will…

May 20, 2026

(La Prensa Grafica)

Press Release

El Salvador: After a Year in Detention and Repeated Rights Violations, Authorities Must Immediately Release Ruth López

Ruth López is a prisoner of conscience who has been unjustly detained for a year because of her tireless fight…

May 20, 2026

(Private)

Press Release

Mozambique: Authorities Must Promptly Investigate Killing of Opposition Figure and Bring Perpetrators to Justice

Mozambican authorities must ensure prompt, thorough, independent, impartial, transparent and effective investigations into the killings of Pedro João Chaúque.

May 19, 2026

Press Release

Sudan: RSF commander ‘Abu Lulu’ Must Be Removed from Battlefield Immediately amid War Crimes Allegations

The RSF commander known as Abu Lulu has previously been accused of war crimes committed during the attacks that resulted…

May 19, 2026

(Amnesty International)

Press Release

Indonesia: Military Silences Dissent with Disinformation Campaigns Branding Activists and Journalists &8220;Foreign Agents&8221;

Disinformation campaigns labeling government critics as “foreign agents” silence dissent and fuel violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.

May 19, 2026